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ANDREW J. GRAHAM & CO. 

1916 



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LESSON 1 

(Pages 12-13) 
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Kay, Pee-Gay, Bee-Pee, Bee-Bee, Bee-Tee, Bee-Dee, Bee-Chay, 
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Tee, Dee-Dee, Dee-Chay, Dee-Jay, Dee-Kay, Dee-Gay, Chay-Pee, 
Chay-Bee, Chay-Tee, Chay-Dee, Chay-Kay, Chay-Gay, Jay-Pee, 
Jay-Bee, Jay-Tee, Jay-Dee, Jay-Jay, Jay-Kay, Jay-Gay, Kay- 
Pee, Kay-Bee, Kay-Tee, Kay-Dee, Kay-Chay, Kay- Jay, Kay-Kay, 
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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 1 
Name and write the eight strokes of this lesson. Name the light 
strokes. The heavy ones. What is the nomenclature of the Graham 
system? Where are horizontal strokes written when followed by a 
descending stroke? What is meant by the term outline? What does 
a hyphen indicate when written between sign-names? 



LESSON 2 



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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 2 
How many vowels are there? How are they represented? How 
are they named? What is meant by the word vocalization? Name 
the heavy second-place vowels. Which is the dot-vowel? Name 
the light second-place vowels. Which is the dash- vowel? When 
a vowel is to be read before a horizontal stroke, where is it written? 
When a vowel is to be read after a horizontal stroke, where is it writ- 
tten? When a vowel is to be read before a slanting or a vertical 
stroke, where is it wrttien? Where, when it is to be read after such 
a stroke? Where is a long second-place vowel to be written when 
it occurs between two consonant-strokes? A short second-place 
vowel? How may the word the be expressed and joined to other 
words? How may the words a, an, and, be written? What is the 
position for the horizontal and-tick when joined to a tick for a, an, 
or the? What is the shorthand period? The hyphen? The dash? 



LESSON 3 

(Pages 17-18) 
1. Ef, Ef-Pee, Pee-Ef, Ef-Tee, Tee-Ef, Ef-Chay, Chay-Ef, Ef- 
Kay, Kay-Ef, Ef-Ef, Ef-Vee. 2. Vee-Ef, Ef-Ith, Ef-Ef, Ef-Thee, 
Thee-Ef, Ef-Es, Es-Ef, Ef-Zee, Zee-Ef, Ef-Ish, Ish-Ef, Ef-Zhay. 
3. Zhay-Ef; Vee, Vee-Bee, Bee-Vee, Vee-Dee, Dee-Vee, Vee-Jay, 
Jay-Vee, Vee-Gay, Gay-Vee, Vee-Ith, Ith-Vee. 4. Vee-Thee, Thee- 
Vee, Vee-Es, Es-Vee, Vee-Zee, Zee- Vee, Vee-Ish, Ish-Vee; Ith, Ith- 
Pee, Pee-Ith, Ith-Dee, Dee-Ith. 5. Ith-Chay, Jay-Ith, Ith-Kay, 
Kay-Ith, Ith-Es, Es-Ith, Ith-Zee, Zee-Ith, Ith-Ish, Ish-Ith; Es, Es- 
Pee. 6. Pee-Es, Es-Dee, Dee-Es, Es-Jay, Jay-Es, Es-Kay, Kay-Es, 
Es-Es, Es-Ish, Ish-Pee, Ish-Tee. 

1 fay, 2 fake, 3 faith, 4 vacate, 5 bathe, 6 say, 7 essay, 8 shape, 9 
shake, 10 shave, 11 fetch, 12 chef, 13 death, 14 foe, 15 folk, 16 vogue, 
17 oath, 18 sew, 19 show, 20 fudge, 21 thug, 22 shove, 23 shuck, 
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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 3 

Name the eight curves taught in this lesson. Name and write 
in the order in which they are given, all the strokes of the shorthand 
alphabet that you have had. In what direction are Kay and Gay 
written? Are the other strokes written upward or downward? 
Which slant from left to right? Which from right to left? Which 
are vertical? What strokes are joined to Kay or Gay without an 
angle? 



LESSON • 4 

(Page 21) 

1. Such jokes vex the judge. 2. Joseph shaves Judge Day. 3. 
Ed ate the eggs and Bess upset the coco^. 4. Joe Page begs a day's 
stay. 5. Faith Shay pays Buck Pope's checks. 6. Take a page a 
day. 7. Abe says the coach upset the keg. 8. Judge Cope says 
such essays show faith. 9. Cato bakes cake, poaches eggs and aids 
the chef. 10. Take the cup and save the Dutch cocoa. 

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What are the different signs for s and z? By what motion is Iss 
joined to straight lines? To curves? How is Iss written between 
straight strokes forming an angle? Between straight strokes in the 
same direction? Between curves? Between straight and curved 
strokes? When s is the only consonant in a word, how is it written? 
When s follows an initial vowel how is the s written? When s pre- 
cedes a final vowel, how is the s written? How is s generally written 
when it begins a word? How is s generally written when it ends a 
word? When a vowel occurs between two consonants, the second 
of which is represented by Iss, where is the vowel placed? Give an 
example. 

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LESSON 5 

(Page 23) 
1. Take the cup and soap up for Bess. 2. Do as they say, for it 
has an advantage for them. 3. Which do they think it shall be? 
4. Save the checks and pay for Ed's oak desk. 5. Faith has the 
eggs for the cake. 6. Jay and Buck usually come together and take 
up the tapes. 7. Sage & Co. take soap checks for the Dutch cocoa 
cups. 8. Shove up the tubs and save the space. 9. Was it Joseph's 
cape? 10. Which object have they come for? 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 5 
Why are word-signs sometimes written out of the position of their 
accented vowel? How is the position of a word-sign indicated by 
its name? Illustrate. 



LESSON 6 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 6 

Name the four first-place vowels-? Where are they written? 
Which are the dash-vowels? Is the sound expressed by the light 
first-place dash- vowel represented sometimes by o and sometimes 
by a? Give an example of each. Name the first-place light dot- 
vowel. What is the first-position for words? The second-position 
for words? Where is a first-place vowel written when it occurs be- 
tween two strokes? 

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LESSON 7 

(Pages 28-29) 

1. Eel, seal, lea, lease, pill, spill, lip, slip, lisp, lick, slick. 

2. Limb, slim, link, slink, ear, sear, sirup, rim, serum. 

3. Reap, writ, rich, ridge, rig, wreath, reel, rear, sorrow, ring, risk. 

4. Receive, maul, small, nip, snip, knob, snob, sneak, kneel. 

5. Ink, sing, sink, singer, Swiss, sweep, swap, swab, swallow, swim. 

6. Swing, hollow, horrid, horror. 

7. Ale, sail, else, less, lusty, ledge, sledge, lave, slave, sailor. 

8. Celery, slum, err, sir, erase, herb, irksome, early, surly. 

9. Error, roam, rum, erring, rail, rare, rainy, rung, mail, smell. 

10. Mare, main, money, mason, knell, name, sung, sunk, tongue. 

11. Way, sway, swathe, swell, swum, swung, yes, hay haze, hasty, 

Soho. 



James Davey, 

Bay City. 
Sir: 

Kibby & Dick, Chicago, say they have given Fox 90 days, which 
is the usual time for such a job, and shall have Fitch and Cody take 
it together, if they wish. Fox says the bay is so deep big ships come 
up by the city docks and so save a day's time, which is an advantage 
for them. 



If Fox stays by the job it is safe. 



QUESTIONS ON LESSON 7 
Name the consonant strokes taught in this lesson. What three 
strokes are written upward? In what direction are Ar, Way, and 
Yay always written? When Chay and Ray stand alone, how can 
you tell them apart? How can you distinguish them when joined 
to a stroke? How should Iss be joined to Hay? What is the 
difference in the appearance of the forms Iss-Hay and Iss-Ray? 



LESSON 8 

(Pages 32-33) 
1. Are you ready for lunch? 2. Do you know your lesson? 
3. Will they come for you? 4. What will they give you for it? 
5. Have you anything for them? 6. You are forever in a hurry. 
7. You will become sick if you eat it. 8. Will you give him your 
check for the bill? 9. They take a daily lesson for which they pay a 
dollar. 10. Will they stay here if you wish it? 11. They were sick 
in the office, 12 Has Mary come for her box? 13. It is a year 
since they were here. 14. It was a chilly day in May. 15. Was it 
here you saw him? 16. We have no time for such nonsense. 17. We 
shall take what you give. 18. What a heavy day it was. 19. Would 
the smoke choke you? 20. Would it do for you and me? 21. Have 
you money enough for the air-ship? 22. They would do it for you as 

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readily as for me. 23. Tom Miller says you may have the box for a 
dollar. 24. Will you sell me a dozen eggs? 

Joseph Esty, 

Amesbury. 
Sir: 

Foley & Smith may make a sale if they have the buggy by Sunday. 
They have the money and will give you a check for the buggy and for 
the coach if you make no delay. 



QUESTIONS ON LESSON 8 
Name and write the two brief signs for w. For y. How are com- 
pound words composed of word-signs usually written? What is 
meant by "phrase-writing?'^ Do the ticks for a, an, and, the de- 
termine the position of a phrase-sign? In what position is the first 
word of a phrase usually written? Is as ever taken out of its posi- 
tion? Illustrate. 



LESSON 9 

(Pages 34-37) 
1. Bar, balm, char, far, arm, alarm, mar, path, pass, gas. 

2. Castle, lass, mass, bask, passer, gasp, mask, hasp. 

3. Pool, tool, coop, cool, loom, room, soup, soothe, took. 

4. Shook, nook, pull, rook. 

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1. We thank you for the many happy days we have had since we 
came here and we hope 3^ou may have as many at our home. 2. 
Martha and Alice will be happy if they go away together for the 
summer. 3. What will the charge be for an advertisement two 
inches long in the Daily Echo? 4. Will you come out for our party? 
5. Shall we give Adam anything for his birthday? 6. You may have 
it if you see any advantage in it. 7. Such mistakes are common 
enough. 8. Why do you object? 9. What object do you suppose 
they had? 10. You may use as much as you wish. 11. Will you 
give him your check for the March bill? 12. You v/ill see him if you 
go beyond the fence. 13. We shall hear her if she sings at Kelly's. 
14. Would they buy the whole piece? 15. Has the sun risen yet? 
16. Do you know what language she speaks? 17. If you go by 
Thompson's, buy some tea and coffee. 18. Were they home Sun- 
day? 20. Is the advertisement large enough? 21. We hope to be 
back in a few days. 22. Each dollar, however, will go for some 
specific purpose. 23. Do you usually advertise so much in the 
dailies? 24. Ridgeway & Co. will buy it at any time. 25. Which 
way was it you took them? 26. Do you think a thousand dollars 
would be a fair sum for us? 27. Will you ever have a spare hour? 

28. What is the use, so long as we shall own the whole thing in a year? 

29. Come along with us, it is years since you were here and you 
have changed much. 30. We saw no change in the advertisement in 
the Sunday issue. 31. His son has come and thanked us. 32. 
Though my home was given up, it was with the usual heavy loss. 




QUESTIONS ON LESSON 9 

What are the third-place vowels? Where are they written? Il- 
lustrate each by a word that is not given in this lesson. What is 
the third position for an outline? When a third-place vowel occurs 
between two consonants, where is it written? 



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1. Your neckties are in your bureau. 2. Cheyenne is in Wyoming, 
Elmira in New York, DuBois in Pennsylvania, and Lima in Ohio. 

3. Are you familiar with the irregularity in the Custom -House? 

4. Our sales in November and December are always small; never- 
theless, we make up the loss in January and February. 5. We manu- 
facture the machinery in Massachusetts. 6. We acknowledge your 
familiarity with the case. 7. We shall be represented by Owen 
Cowley, notwithstanding his peculiarity. 8. Something may come 
up and save the poor boy. 9. W^e respectfully refuse the fee. 10. 
Shall we have your knowledge for our advantage at the reference? 
11. Howe & Co. never represent regular buyers. 




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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 10 
Name and write the four diphthongs. When may the diphthongs 
be joined to strokes? When the first two letters of a word are vowels 
represented by separate signs, how are they written? When the 
last two letters of a word are vowels represented by separate signs, 
how are they written? When two vowels occm* between two con- 
conant strokes, how are they written? What is a contraction? 

LESSON 11 

(Pages 45-46) 
1. The boys will have a nice day for the race on the lake. 2. Give 
him a receipt and Harry will wrap up the books. 3. It seems now as 
if all the shops on Sixth Avenue below the ice house would be on fire 
soon. 4. You already know your lesson, so why are you in such awe 
of me? 5. They ought to be here in time for tea. 6. You or she 
may have to come for us. 7. Oh, you owe me so much now I fear 
you will never pay it all. 8. Do you know who came with us? 
9-. Whom do you know here? 10. You may take it now, but come 
back with it soon. 11. I should think two dollars a dozen was too 
much for them. 12. You, yourself, said they were uncommonly nice 
boys. 13. W^hy will it be disadvantageous for them to come here? 
14. She herself advertises largely in magazines. 15. The thing is 
right in itself. 16. It is all right so far as I know. 17. What advan- 
tages do you think it has for us? 18. Come early so as to hear Miss 
Fisk. 19. The house is ours and we shall sell it if we wish to. 20. 
Come with us to his party. 

Sir: 

We think it beyond all reason for you to ask us to allow you ninety 

days time on the bill, already due. The rate given you was for cash 

in thirty days. As you sell for cash the sale of the desks has given 

you money enough to pay our bill and we think you should do so 

now. 

Yours, 

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Explain the plan of naming the dash- vowel word-signs. Write 
the vov/el and diphthong word-signs, their names, and the words 
for which they stand. How are derivative word-signs formed? 
When a tick is joined to a dash-vowel word-sign, which of the two 
words determines the position? Illustrate. State the uses for 
which Iss may be added to word-signs. 

LESSON 12 

(Pages 50-51) 
1. I am anxious to sell my house in New York City. 2. I will 
accommodate them by pajdng the bill today. 3. I do so hope you 
will advise him to aid her. 4. I had no object in view besides taking 
him home. 5. How was he to hasten to Chicago if he had no money 
to pay his fare? 6. How will you ship the box for the Massachu- 
setts mill? 7. How many days will it take for them to reach here? 
8. How soon will the new machinery be read}^ for us? 9. He wishes 
the invoice to accompany the package. 10. He may deposit the 
checks if he has the bank book. 11. He thinks he will go away Tues- 
day, for he has much to do; but he hopes to be back Sunday. 12. Is 

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he as busy as he was in February? 13. Has the check of the Penn- 
sylvania Gas Company come yet? 14. You and I are doing enough 
for them now. 15. What I said is so, and they know it. 16. He is 
showing the way to hasten the task by always being early. 17. 
Many bills are now due. 18. She is taking a music lesson now. 
19. You may have the cup also if you fancy it. 



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In what position must the 7-tick be written when it begins a 
phrase? The Ae-tick? The how-tick? Name the three prefixes 
that you have learned? By what are they represented? Name the 
two suffixes. By what are they represented? In what w^ay may 
the suffix ing be indicated by the ticks for the, a, an, and? In what 
way may the omission of the words of the be indicated? ^..How may 
the omission of to be indicated? 

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LESSON 13 

(Pages 54-55) 
1. These steps are several inches too high. 2. If you will state 
your reasons for asking me to do this I may be influenced by them. 
3. You should make a synopsis of the subject for home study. 4. 
Best & Co. are advertising a sale at the Fifth Avenue store. 5. Many 
companies are now using posters for advertising in large cities. 
6. Because of your success, I will give you first choice. 7. If you 
possess the desire to go ahead, nothing will keep you back. 8. Your 
destiny rests in yourself. 9. The exhaust pipe of the boiler was 
rusty. 10. These posts must be fixed by next Tuesday. 11. I had 
guessed the answer several days ago. 12. Post the slips on the 
March invoice. 13. Mrs. Jackson is giving a p&,rty for the Misses 
Sylvester, of Albany, New York. 14. If you write "disease" and 
''decease" as here, no mistakes will arise. 15. This subject should 
be discussed next Tuesday. 16. If you will use your influence, we 
think the bill will be passed in the lower house. 17. Because of out- 
side influences, the envoy's schemes were upset. 18. You must 
decide for yourself. 19. He was influenced by money. 20. What are 
you going to do with the rings? 21. How is your son succeeding in 
the jewelry business? 22. He has no conscience in business affairs. 
23. You will accommodate us by being on time. 24. What you and 
I do will have no influence on him. 25. What I said to the com- 
mittee caused them to change the time for the hearing. 

Sir: 

Acknowledging receipt of yours of December 16, we beg to advise 
we have today disposed of your Erie common stock at par, and for 
which we attach check for fifteen thousand dollars. 

Yours respectfully, 




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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 13 

What sounds are represented by a small loop at the beginning of 
a stroke? At the end of a stroke? What is the name of this loop? 
What sounds are represented by a large loop at the end of a stroke? 
What is the name of this loop? What sounds are represented by a 
large circle? ^Hiat is the name of this circle? How may a vowel be 
written between the sounds expressed by Ses. How should the the- 
tick be joined to a loop? How should it be joined to Ses? How can 
any two Iss word-signs be written as a phrase? What is the position 
for such a phrase? How is Mrs. distinguished from Misses in its 
shorthand outline? Decease from disease? 

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LESSON 14 

(Pages 59-60) 

1. Our establishment in the United States reports under date of 
December 3 that it has made about five thousand dollars. 2. We 
hoped the goods would be received by August 1. 3. We have heard 
that you expect to be in the market for silks after February 1. 
4. I could have used some of it immediately if it had reached here 
last night. 5. Did you read the astonishing news about Roosevelt 
in today's World? 6. Naturally, I was somewhat astonished that he 
let us in without a pass. 7. Is it not put up in packages? 8. I 
thought you wished to let your house for a hundred dollars a month. 
9. I might do it quite easily, but I doubt it. 10. Is not cotton just as 
high as it was last summer? 



Sir: 

Acknowledging receipt of yours of July 22, we suggest that though 
you are without doubt getting good results with the machinery we 
sold you several years ago, we now have something so much better 
that we think you will wish to adopt it immediately. The cost of 
installing this new type is not as much as you might at first suppose, 
so we hope you will let us know what time would be best for our 
sales agent to see you about this. 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 14 
What are the sounds added by halving? How are the names of 
the half-lengths formed? What is the practice to be followed when 
halving the strokes Lay^ Ar, Em and En to add df In what direction 
should Eld be Y^Titten? What is the order of reading and vocalizing 
half-lengths? How should final rd be written when it follows Em, 
Ef, Vee or Lay? How are the syllables ted, ded usually written? In 
what position are put, about, doubt written and why? 

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LESSON 15 

(Pages 63-64) 

1. Appetite, pitched, packed, epithet, pushed, upshot, pelt, polite, 
appealed, compelled. 2. Compared, budged, begged, befit, bethought, 
bathed, biased, bullet, tipped, ticked, toiled. 3. Tarred, ditched, 
conduct, adult, delayed, adored, checked, condemned, chilled, 
jobbed, eject, jeweled, cashed. 4. Violate, theft, assailed, rushed, 
armed, moved, mild, unfit, named. 5. Potato, potash, aptly, better, 
bottom, detail, deadly, detach, cattle. 6. Written, redeem, notify, 
needle, metal, madam, fortified, ascertained, legitimate. 7. Abduct, 
beautified, detached, deduct, agitated, affidavit, evident, estimate, 
astound, ultimate, latitude. 8. Retailed, redeemed, retained, mod- 
fied, midnight, indicted, undoubted, intend, untold, imitated, 
meditate. 9. Deeded, doubted, emphatic; pity, duty, veto, into, 
motto, piped. 10. Cooked, reared, fagged, vacate, slacked. 

1. These bills are due and must be paid by September 1. 2. 
They judged it wise to leave that business somewhat to the architect. 
3. A note for two hundred and fifty dollars, sixty days, dated Sep- 
tember 24, signed by Little & Co., was received last night. 4. Did 
you not anticipate this early last August? 5. Martin & Sons have 
bought the lot on Scott Avenue for fifteen hundred dollars. 6. He 
said he was astonished that you used the money for the establish- 
ment of a business of such a nature without consulting him. 



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If the joining of a half -length to another stroke would make it im- 
possible to tell where the one stroke began and the other ended, 
would such a joining be allowable? How should the sound of ^ or (i 
be expressed in such a case? Why is e omitted in writing modestf 
Write esteem. Where is the heavy e vowel written? Why? How 
must tovdhQ expressed when preceding a final vowel, or a vowel and 
final sf Illustrate. WTaen a word has two vowels and only two con- 
sonants, one of which is t or d, should that ^ or d be expressed by halv- 
ing? When initial r is represented by Ray and is followed by final 
t or d, how should that ^ or d be expressed? Illustrate. 

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LESSON 16 

(Pages 67-69) 
1. We are well aware that you went with him. 2. We will go for- 
ward when one of you is willing to lead the way. 3. We know you 
will do well when you get work. 4. James has succeeded in paying 
for his home in Swartsville. 5. He is fighting onward and upward to 
better things. 

1. Worcester, Wyandotte, Webster, Waukesha, Wausau, Wabash, 
Wichita, Wellesley, Ware. 2. Waltham, Weymouth, Winona, 
Winchester, Woonsocket, Waynesboro, Winsted. 

Edwin Wood, Esq., 

Fort Wayne. 
Sir: 

I think I left a small package tied with red twine in your office last 
Wednesday, for I went off in a hurry and afterward, when I thought 
about it, it seemed to me that the last time I had it was while talking 
to you. If you have seen such a package will you not put it aside for 
me so that I may get it when I come in next week? 

Yours, 



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Desciibe and name the brief signs for w. In which direction does 
each open? Describe and name the brief signs for y. In which di- 
rection does each open? Can these brief signs for w and y be vocal- 
ized? If the Brief Way and Yay signs can not be vocalized, how must 
w OT y he represented when it is the only consonant in a word, or 
when it follows an initial vowel? Illustrate. When vj or y is fol- 
lowed by two consecutive vowels, how should it be represented? 
How is Brief Way joined to Lay, El, Ray, Em, or En? What is 
Brief Way called when so joined? How is it joined to other strokes? 
Can Brief Way be joined in the middle of a word? Can Iss be pre- 
fixed to Brief Way? Is Iss prefixed to any Way-hook sign be- 
sides Wer? How is Brief Yay joined to strokes? 

LESSON 17 

(Pages 72-73) 

1. Bewail, squeeze, twitch, equip, quit, quick, quill. 2. Squib, 
herewith, quota, quoted; radiate, foliage. 3. Maniac, opium, bil- 
ious, populous, century, Europe, usury. 

1. If we were to do so we would let you know. 2. They said 
they would yet get some one who could meet his needs. 3. With 
what sort of a company are you now connected? 4. Would you, 
yourself, do what you are asking of him? 5. They were with my 
nephew in Unadilla, N. Y., after they were with you. 6. Would 
what they said obviate the need of sending for his references? 

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York's Book Store, 

Salt Lake City. 
Sirs: 

If you have any reporting note-books such as you sold us several 
weeks ago, send us two dozen immediately by post. These books are 
satisfactory and we have no desire to use anything else. We would 
also like three reams of 8 x 11, if you have it, of the same stock as the 
note-books. Send bill with the goods and we will remit immediately. 

Yours respectfully, 



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When w occurs between two consonant strokes and can not easily 
be expressed by the Way-hook or Brief Way joined, how may it and 
the following vowel be expressed? When writing Brief Way in a 
vowel place, how do you show whether a dot or a dash vowel is repre- 
sented? How do you show whether it is a long or a short vowel? 
For what two purposes may Brief Yay be written in the vowel places? 
When Brief Yay is written in a vowel place, how do you show whether 
a dot or dash vowel is represented? Whether it is heavy or light? 
How is w and a following i diphthong sometimes represented? For 
what purpose may Brief Way and Yay signs be enlarged? What 
determines the position of an enlarged Brief Way or Yay phrase- 
sign? Should the sign be horizontal or inclined when both words o^ 
the phrase begin with vol Should it open to the right or the left 
when the first word is we, with, or werel How should it open when 
when the first word rs what or would? In what direction should the 
phrase-sign open when the second word of the phrase begins with 
yf Should the sign be inclined or horizontal? In what direction 
should the phrase sign for you were and you would open? Should 
this sign be vertical or inclined? 



LESSON 18 

(Pages 75-78) 



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1. The embargo of the United States on arms for Mexico has an 
important bearing on the war in that unhappy Republic. 2. It may 
be important to make the improvements you request, but it is an 
impossibility to make them now. 3. I am happy to see that your 
writing has improved so much since you commenced this important 
study. 4. It shows the importance of regularity in your work. 5, 
The impossibilities of which you speak exist wholly in your thought, 
6. How do you like that Swedish metal-polish? 7. The four-oared 
shell was upset when the wind lashed the lake. 8. The pool is too 
shallow. 



James Champ, 

Fort Wayne, Ind. 
Sir: 

We are sending you by post samples of embossed work which we 
think will interest you as an advertising medium. Such work is 
extensively used for advertising purposes and is giving unusually 
satisfactory results. Should these designs not suit you, we could 
make a special one for you, as we have improved machinery for 



making embossing stamps. 



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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 18 

When p or 6 is the next sound after m, how may that p or 6 be ex- 
pressed? Can a vowel be placed so as to be read between m and a 
p or h that is indicated by shading mf How must a vowel be read 
that is placed beside Emp or Emb? When the stroke for sh is 
written upward what is it called? When is Shay used? 



LESSON 19 

(Pages 79-80) 
1. My house is heated by steam but I think hot air is better, 

2. If you will wait awhile, I will go with you to Omaha to buy hay. 

3. It is hard to get the necessary help to harvest the wheat of the 
United States. 4. Catch hold of that halyard and hoist the ensign. 
5. I am in hearty sympathy with what you are doing to make the 
boys' holidays happy ones. 

Hiram J. Henson, 

Holyoke, Mass. 
Sir: 

Yours of May 1 received. We are happy to say that we have on 
hand about one hundred and fifty horses and think that without 

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doubt among them are several of the size and style you want. If 
you will come to the farm we will hitch up any pair you like the looks 
of and you may test them as much as you wish. We have one 
matched pair of heavy bays which is speedy and has a stylish gait. 

Yours respectfully, 



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What are the two ways of expressing hf 
What are the cases in which Hay is used? 
When is Heh used? 

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LESSON 20 

(Pages 83-84) 

1. Lustre, holster, sluices; leap, lobe, lattice, leech, ledge, leak. 

2. Laugh, love, lath, lassie, lash, lull, lulled, lower, lured. 

3. Lurid, lamb, leeway, Lehigh, league, legacy, lenses, lunacy. 

4. Lunch, lanced, lunge, luminous, loosens, lank, limp, lamplight. 

5. Lamp-post; alike, elect, elected, alum, ultimo, illuminate, alco- 

hol. 

6. Foul, veal, roll, rolled, scale, scaly, scaled, fiscal, tongueless. 

7. Right, rude, reach, revoke, wrath, ruin, reason. 

8. Parry, parried, parrot, bury, buried, tarry, tarried, cherry, carry. 

9. Ferry, vary, thorough, theory, zero, sherry, usury, merry, narrow. 

10. Worthier, mire, rare, boxer, reviser, announcer. 

11. Europe, irksome, organize, oral; rum, romancer. 

Ernest Thayer, Esq., 

Emporia. 
Sh-: 

In filing your schedule of rates in this office you omitted to state 
what your charge is for regular daily service in the summer months. 
Will you see that this error is rectified? 



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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 20 
Which of the directions of the stroke for I is most frequently used? 
How should^ initial I followed by Gay, En, Sen, Ing, Emp, or Emb 
be expressed? How should I after an initial vowel and followed by 
Kay, Gay, Em, En, Sen, Emp, or Emb be expressed? How should 
I generally be written after Skay, En, or Ing? How should final I 
generally be written after Ef , Vee, or Ray? How should r be written 
when it begins a word and is the only stroke consonant in it? How 
should r be written when it precedes Tee, Dee, Chay, Jay, Ef, Vee, 
Ith, Thee, En, or Sen? How should r be written after Ith, Ray, Em, 
Kays, Gays, Efs, Vees, Ems, Ens, Ings? How should r be written 
at the end of a word if it is preceded and followed by a vowel? How 
should initial r be written before m or smf 

LESSON 21 

(Pages 88-90) 
1. Plea, plead, pleaded, plow, plowed, complete, completed, com- 
pleteness, completely, play, plate, plated. 2. Blood, bloody, blood- 
vessel, please, pleased, pleases, place, displace, misplace, unplaced, 
idle, idled. 3. Idleness, chattel, battle, battled, bottled, claim, 
claimed, exclaim, disclaim. 4. Double, clothe, clothed, clothes, 
close, enclose, include, exclude, exclusive. 5. Clock, cloak, oblige, 
bevel, table, noticeable, medal, noble, blissful. 6. Deathly, shovel, 
muffle, novel, initial, bushel, rashly, slavishly, official. 7. Woeful, 
whittle, wobble, camel, animal, funnel, rural, plural. 

1. We supplied work for all the people who applied today and 
shall, we believe, have enough for all who will apply next week. 2. 
Do you believe it really belonged to his familj^? 3. What relation is 
he to you? 4. He is related to me by marriage. 5. I am told Mitchell 
is building a house in Buffalo like the one you built in Los Angeles. 
6. You will realize how valuable it is when it becomes available. 

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7. Tell them to wait until at least its full value may be realized 

8. You should not avoid calling until it is too late to settle the diffi- 
culty. 9. It is calculated that he is worth a million, exclusive of 
what the business yields him. 10. Is she capable? 



Merrill Blake, Esq., 
5 Clay Avenue, 

Chelsea, Mass. 
Sir: 

Replying to yours of the 1st inst., we say that on Wednesday of 
last week we shipped you two oak flat -top desks, for which we enclose 
bill. 

Hoping they will reach you safely, we are, 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 21 

Name the strokes to which the small L-hook may be joined, the 
large L-hook. On what side of straight strokes is the L-hook joined? 
Does the L-hook read before or after the sound of the stroke to which 
it is joined? How may the Iss-circle be prefixed to the L-hook? 
Wrhat words may be expressed by the addition of an L-hook to word- 



LESSON 22 

(Pages 94-95) 
L Upper, operate, operated, operator, utter, uttered, adder, draw, 
drawer, grow, grows. 2. Grossest, grocer, grossly, offer, offered, 
fraud, fray, affray, afraid, hither, throw. 3. Throat, crew, cruise, 
cruised, cruises, cruiser, paper, papered, bidder, baker. 4. Butcher, 
bather, cracker, crank, loafer, liquor, skipper, dreary. 5. Plumber, 
pressure, treasurer, measure, chauffeur, shipper, sugar, leisure, 
library. 6. October, Friday, Saturda}^, rumor, trunk, strainer, meaner, 
creamery. 

Robert Drake, Esq., 

Troy, N. Y. 
Sir: 

I am extremely sorry to hear that you think we may have labor 
troubles in our Troy mill. A strike at this time would be disastrous 
and calculated to destroy all hope of a prosperous spring season. If 
you feel that a slight increase in wages would be to our advantage and 
likely to settle the difficulty, I believe it might be well to yield, for I 
think you must realize the necessity of keeping the mill going i^ this 
crisis. But we should keep such knowledge to ourselves. 

Yours respectfully, 
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Name the strokes to which the R-hook may be added. How are 
the R-hook signs obtained from the L-hook signs? How is the R- 
hook added to Em and En? Does the R-hook read before or after 
the sound of the stroke to which it is joined? When Iss, Ses or Steh 
is written at the beginning of a stroke, and on the side of the R-hook, 
what sounds are represented? What words may be added by an 
R-hook to a few full-length simple-consonant word-sipis and to the 
dash- vowel word-signs? 

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LESSON 23 

(Pages 98-99) 
Mr. Philip Barber, 
Fargo, N. D. 
Dear Sir: 

Mr. T. H. Marshall, of the Lake Shore Railroad, asks me to quote 
him lowest figures on five carloads of charcoal delivered in Buffalo, 
He says he will probably require several more carloads in the course 
of the next few months. In view of this, if we get the contract, would 
it not be well to charter the schooner Melrose and ship a full 
cargo from Marquette? 

Please advise me as soon as possible what steps to take. 

Respectfully yours, 

Dear Sir: 

It appears from our records that you are the owner of the property 
at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and Bridge Street, which is 
described as tract forty-two on the enclosed map. If this is correct^ 
we should be glad to make you an offer for either the whole or a part 
of this property, and therefore trust that we may be favored with a 
reply, for which we enclose stamped and addressed envelope. 

Yours sincerely, 





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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 23 

How must a dash- vowel be written if it is to be read between the 
sound of a stroke and its L- or R-hook? A dot-vowel? Angles and 
semi-circles? When is special vocalization employed? 



LESSON 24 

(Pages 102-103) 

Mr. Charles Blair, 

Denver, Colo. 
Dear Charles: 

When I realized that your favor of last April was unanswered I 
was truly ashamed, but I think you will surely excuse me when I 
tell you that we are having the preliminary trials of our new appara- 
tus at all our stores. This, together with the fact that a number of 
clerks and drummers had to be instructed in selling it, has not per- 
mitted me a single opportunity to write. But I was with you in 
spirit through all your trip thus far, and if things were only less un- 
settled at present I should be glad indeed to make the rest of the 
journey with you. 

From all you say of the roads, I should think the^^ would present 
insuperable obstacles for a heavy car. I remember that in some 
automobile trips I made in the West, the smaller cars would pass our 
''Six'' in sandy places in the most insulting manner. 

Please continue to let me hear from 3^ou and I will tr}^ in the future 
not to let such unseemly periods elapse between my replies. 

As to the rest of the family, they are well, notwithstanding having 
stayed here during all the hot spell. 

Sincerely, 
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What sound is added by the enlargement of the small L-hook? 
What sound is added b}^ the enlargement of the R-hook? What 
is the name of the series of outlines so formed? How are these out- 
lines vocalized? How may Iss be prefixed to the Pier and Prel signs? 
T^Tiat words may be added by enlarging the small L-hook? The 
R-hook? AATien is the In-hook used? What word maj^ be added 
by the In-hook in phrase- wTiting? 

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LESSON 25 

(Pages 106-107) 
Mr. Da\?id Jevons, 

Jefferson City, Mo. 
Dear Sir: 

Replying to your inquiry about the mimeograph, we say that it 
may be briefly defined as an apparatus designed by Edison by which 
stencils of written pages may be made for reproducing an indefinite 
number of copies. In the simplest method, a sharp stylus is moved, 
as in writing wit^i a lead pencil, over a sort of tough prepared paper 
placed on a closely grooved steel plate, and the writing is thus traced 
in a series of minute holes. But today, typewriting stencils are the 
most widely used. These are made on waxed paper prepared and 
sold for the purpose. 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 25 
What sounds may be added by a small final hook on the circle 
side of any straight consonant-stroke? Does the F-hook read be- 
fore or after a vowel following the stroke? Does an F-hook read 
before or after Sitov d added by halving? What words may be added 
by the F-hook? How may have be added to the word-sign for they? 



LESSON 26 

(Pages 111-113) 

1. Allentown, Atlanta, Bayonne, Boston, Brockton, Camden. 
2. Canton, Charleston, Dayton, Des Moines, Flint, Galveston, 
Grand Rapids. 3. Hamilton, Hoboken, Houston, Jamestovvn, 
Johnsto^Ti, Joplin, Kansas City. 4. La\\Tence, Lexington, Lincoln, 
Ljmn, Macon, Maiden. 5. Montgomer}^, New Brittain, New 
Haven, New Orleans, Oakland, Portland, Pachmond. 6. Sacra- 
mento, Scranton, Spokane, Taunton, Trenton, Youngstown, Cleve- 
land. 

Carbon paper, at first thought, seems to be of small importance, 
yet the more you think of it, the more its importance grows. The 
phonograph reproduces the voice, while carbon paper reproduces the 
written record — which is even more valuable than a library of law- 
books. In fact, carbon paper has served a most useful and import- 
ant piu"pose in furnishing the records which have made possible 
many of the methods of present-day business. 

The first carbon paper was made in England, in 1804. Like many 
other useful things, its origin is said to have been accidental. It was 
probably first used commercially early in the century, together with 
tissue paper, to manifold copies of price-lists of English export 
merchants, to be sent to their agents. 

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Today, carbon paper is a necessity in the conduct of business. 
Many millions of individual sales every day are recorded in duplicate 
or triplicate through the use of carbon paper. From M. P. Gould's 
Where Have My Profits Gone? 



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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 26 
How is the hook for the sound of n joined to strokes? Does the 
N-hook read before or after a vowel following the stroke? Does the 
N-hook read before or after a ^ or c^ added by halving? When two 
distinct vowels precede a final n sound, how must that sound be 
represented? How may the sounds of s, ss, st, or sir be added to the 
N-hook on straight strokes? How is s or 2; added to the N-hook on 
curves? Why is it that the Ens- and Enses-circles can not be used 
between straight strokes? How is final ns preceded by a curved 
consonant generally represented? 

LESSON 27 

(Pages 116-117) 
1. It was compliance with their ovvn requests that caused the 
terrible trouble. 2. An appliance of her own contrivance, which I 
shall not attempt to explain, is very useful in our own business. 
3. Our own interests require that we should know of our own knowl- 
edge what steps to take in this case. 4. You should not think that 
because of your own interest in this reform others will work for it as 
you do. 5. I have a comprehension of the importance of the sub- 
ject, and think that a clear explanation of it would allay the appre- 
hension concerning it. 6. My o^m experience has taught me that it is 
unwise to run such risks. 7. Some of our own men have been sub- 
poenaed by the plaintiff. 8. W^e can not be sure of success until we 
have attained it. 9. We must exchange some of this currency for 
lower denominations. 10. We began work on the concrete founda- 
tion last week. 
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS 
Persons who wish to take examinations for appointment in the 
United States Civil Service should write direct to the United States 
Civil Service Commission. Requests made through third parties 
cause delay and entail unnecessary correspondence upon those 
parties and the Commission. No person is eligible to an examina- 
tion who is not a citizen of or does not owe allegiance to the United 
States. Each examination is complete in itself and all subjects m 
an examination must be taken. 



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To what signs may the N-hook be joined to add own? 
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LESSON 28 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 28 

How may the sound of shon be added to any consonant-stroke? 
Does the Shon-hook read before or after a vowel following the stroke? 
How is s or 2 added to the Shon-hook? How may the sound of tiv 
be added to any straight stroke? Does the Tiv-hook read before or 
after the sound of a vowel following the stroke? How may the 
syllable shon be added to a circle at the end of a stroke? How is the 
Eshon-hook vocalized? 



LESSON 29 

(Pages 128-129) 

1. Anchorage, banker, ranker, drinker. 2. Thinker, tinker, 
canker. 3. Hunger, stronger, finger, mongrel. 4. Fitter, fighter, 

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fatter, Easter, oyster, Esther, shatter, lighter, loiter. 5. Alter, 
falter, softer, center, swifter, neutral, neutrality. 6. Slaughter, 
central, winter, meter, imbitter, inveterate. 7. Fodder, folder, 
federal, holder, louder, shoulder, tender. 8. Slender, wonder, 
molder, ladder, wilder. 9. Feather, Arthur, mother, smother, 
smoother, anthracite. 

1. The writer will report the matter at headquarters. 2. We 
will order another typewriter. 3. A quarterly payment is now due. 
4. It is rather doubtful whether they will give their consent. 5. If 
they are voters, you must flatter them. 6. We thank you for your 
order for ten tons of anthracite coal. 7. He has been given entire 
charge of the plant. 8. The official reporter lives in Watertown. 
9. I have injured my shoulder and need shelter. 10. Have there 
been any orders for ostrich feathers today? 
Mr. Walter Anderson, 

Boulder, Colo. 
My dear Sir: 

I am wondering whether my letter of yesterday ordering two six- 
cylinder gasoline motors was entirely clear, and so, as I rather 
expect to be in Boulder later in the week, I wish you would hold my 

order until I see you. 

Very truly yours, 

Mr. Arthur Hendrickson, 

Yonkers, N. Y. 
My'dear Sir: 

Please send me another folder advertising your new modern water 
meter. Next week I expect to see some people who may be interested 
in it; and if they are, I want to give them your advertising litera- 
ture. Cordially yours. 



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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 29 
What sounds are added to Ing by lengthening? What sounds 
are added to other curves by lengthening? Does the sound added 
by lengthening read before or after a vowel following a lengthened 
stroke? When a vowel follows the sounds added by lengthening, 
how is the vowel treated? When a final vowel is preceded by ter^ 
der, or ther, how must these sounds be represented? What deter- 
mines the position of a lengthened stroke? What words may be 
added by the lengthening principle? 

LESSON 30 

(Pages 132-133) 
Gentlemen : 

We wish to countermand our order of yesterday to disconnect our 
telephone at 324 Congress Boulevard. We have decided to remain 
in town until the end of the month, and under the circumstances do 
not care to be inconvenienced by having our telephone service 
discontinued. 

Very truly yours, 



Gentlemen : 

The last reports we received from your company are incomplete 
and contradictory. Under the circumstances, do you not think it is 
incumbent upon you to bear the expense to which, in consequence^ 
we have been subjected? 

Yours truly. 



Gentlemen : 

Your order went forward by Adams Express this forenoon. 
We regret, of course, that the delay has caused you so much incon- 
venience and discomfort, but assure you that it was not due to any 
negligence on our part. Your first letter was not received untij 
Thursday afternoon. 

Very trul}^ yours, 

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Theodore P. Shonts, Esq., 

President Interborough Rapid Transit Company, 
165 Broadway, New York. 
Dear Sir: 

This wWl introduce Mr. Raymond L. Blakeley of our engineer 
corps. Mr. Blakele^^ is interested in tunneling problems and is 
studying them with a view to recommending improvements in our 
system. Any com-tesies that you can extend to Mr. Blakeley will be 
duly appreciated. 
Mr. Arthur Underw^ood, 
Atlantic City, N. J. 
Dear Sir : 

The Bosch magneto with which your Overland is equipped is 
recognized as one of the most efficient, and as it was working per- 
fectly last Saturday, we think the trouble in your ignition is not due 
to the magneto. If you can leave your car with us tomorrow after- 
noon, we will undertake to locate the difficulty. 

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QUESTIONS ON LESSON 31 

What is the prefix sign for inter, intro? For irrecon? For magni, 
magna? For 7niscon, miscom? For noncon, noncom? For recon, 
recom, recog? For uncom, unconf For self? For unrecon, unrecom, 
unrecog? 



LESSON 32 

(Page 140) 
Gentlemen : 

Serviceableness should be a fundamental consideration in selecting 
a motor delivery wagon. And reliability is inseparably a part of 
serviceableness. It is neither sensible nor profitable to take chances 
knowingly in matters of your delivery system. 

The reliability of our motor trucks is, we think, one of the greatest 
contributary factors of their popularity. Therefore, will you not 
kindly examine the enclosed records and satisfy yourself as to whether 
we are not entitled to our claim of ^'Reliability first?" 

Very truly yours, 



QUESTIONS ON LESSON 32 

Wlmt is a suffix? May a word take more than one sullix at tlie 
same time? How are suffixes written whose full outlines are dif- 
ficult or tiresome to write? How are the suffixes hli\ hhj written? 
What is the sign for hleness, fulness, someness? How is inghj written? 

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Give the sign for lessness. Hovv^ are the suffixes ility, arity, erity 
expressed? What is the sign for mental, mentality? for ology, alogy? 
for ship? How is soever represented? How is the suffix to usually 
written? How are into and unto distinguished? Name some com- 
pound words in which to is represented by Petoid. Is the suffix 
ever joined or disjoined? By what sign is it represented? Name 
tw^o words in which the suffix in is written by En. Name one in 
which the n-hook is used for in. How is the suffix on generally 
added to an outline? Name two words in which it is so written. 
How is the suffix with usually written? Name two words in which 
t is written with Ith. Name one in which it is represented by Weh, 



QUESTIONS ON LESSON 33 

When is it allowable to omit the representation of p when it 
occurs in a word? When may k be omitted? When is t commonly 
omitted? When may any other consonant be omitted? Name two 
words in the outlines for which an I is omitted. Name two in which 
an n is omitted; and two in which an r is omitted. Is it ever allow- 
able to omit a word for the sake of increasing speed of writing? 
When is it allowable? Give one example each of phrase-signs in 
which occurs the omission of one of the following words: a, and, 
from, have, on, or, the, to, your. What numbers are usually written 
in shorthand instead of figures? How may the termination ty in 
numbers be expressed ? What is the Tner tick, and what words 
may it be used to represent? When may the hook of the signs 
for been or can be omitted ? Illustrate. Give an example of the 
representation of forth by an /-hook and one where it is expressed 
by the stroke Ef. What words may occasionally be expressed by 
the Ster loop ? Illustrate. How may it, ought, would, or had 
sometimes be added to word-signs? Illustrate. How maj^ were 
be added to the signs for who, which, such ? How may were be 
added to Tner^ when it stands for there? How may the phrase as 
it were be written? How may other, another or whether occasionally 
be added to a word-sign ? What is the general method of forming 
special contractions for long compound names and for phrases 
that recur frequently? Give tv/o illustrations each of such names 
and phrases. 



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